Grammar school (UK)
Final diploma in translation: Institute of Linguists (London)(1989),
Member of the Institute of Linguists (reg.n. 14698, 18/12/1990),
Degree: University of Padua (Faculty of Psychology), Italy,
Italian Board of Psychologists (Veneto region, n. 6495)


Are qualifications important?
If a physician isn't qualified, your life is at risk. If a lawyer isn't qualified, you could end up in prison or lose a lot of money. An architect's mistakes could also be very costly.
In such cases the State intervenes and says that adequate professional training and qualifications are necessary.

What happens if a translator isn't qualified? Well, apart from the predicament created by Helen Marsh in a memorable Catherine Tate sketch, I can't think of any dire situations comparable with those mentioned above. In fact, I know some very good translators who have no qualifications at all. However, I could also tell some very amusing stories ...

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